The Bird House

The baby whisperer!

2012-01-01T12:00:00.001-08:00

So, some people call Ethan the baby whisperer because he can always calm them down (although his new baby cousin doesn't respond that way) :)

White Easter

2010-04-16T11:50:00.000-07:00

What a crazy sight for Easter Sunday!! We got more snow for Easter than for Christmas.

Hockey Game in Las Vegas

2010-04-16T11:45:00.000-07:00

We got away to Las Vegas to visit my sister for the weekend. It was a short trip but was much warmer than home. We went hiking in Red Rock Canyon, (Cristy has the hiking pictures on her camera), took the kids to thier first hockey game, and mostly stayed out in Katie's back yard as much as possible. Bailey was mad that we went to Las Vegas and didn't even go down to the Strip. I thought it was great. Thanks Katie for letting us come visit!

Snowmobiling Fun

2010-04-16T11:40:00.000-07:00

I got a chance to go up Fairview canyon and do some snowmobiling. I hadn't been for years so it was fun to go. Riding through the blinding white out snow was interesting.

Fly A Kite

2010-04-16T11:38:00.001-07:00

Kennedy got a new really big frog kite for her birthday. We took it over to the school to try it out, and it flew great! That was in February, has it really been that long since a post?

Hunter's Safety

2010-01-22T12:42:00.000-08:00

My boys just finished taking Hunter's Safety. I was very proud of them for doing it all themselves. We just had to sign them up, then drop them off and pick them up from class. I don't know how they made it through 5 classes from 7:00 - 9:30. They both passed thier shooting test and written test, and are now all ready to go. They must have got their hunting gene from thier grandpa Preston, I don't like to shoot at living things. As long as they are safe, whatever they choose is ok with me. Good Job Bailey and Ethan, we are proud of you!!

Sledding

2010-01-06T12:56:00.000-08:00

When life gives you cold and snow.............. Go Sledding! The kids had a blast sledding up at Jolley's Ranch.

Merry Christmas

2009-12-19T14:14:00.000-08:00

Our next door neighbors the Brinkerhoff's light up their tree like this every year. It's quite the production. It takes a full day to trim it all up and haul away the branches, and another full day to string up all the lights. You can see it from Center Street so lots of cars pull into our quiet little cul-de-sac to check it out every night. It's very pretty every year, but it makes our little christmas light display look quite lame. Merry Christmas! (posted by Jon).

2009-12-17T17:45:00.000-08:00

I have been working on a new song. It still needs to be "produced" up and fixed, but it was fun and i wanted to share.

Late Night Jazz Game

2009-12-11T07:15:00.001-08:00

Ethan and I went to the Jazz vs. Orlando Magic game last night. It was fun, but the late start, 8:30, made it a really late night. The first half was miserable, but the Jazz really turned it around in the 3rd quarter and held on for the win. Thanks to Drew and Peter for taking us!

Kennedy's First Clogging Performance

2009-12-10T13:44:00.000-08:00

Kennedy started clogging a couple of months ago with her cousin Kinley and friend Emma. She was excited for her first performance last night. It was at the Tahitian Noni building in Provo in their auditorium. Like most performances, it was an hour and a half of watching other people's kids, and 3 min. of watching your own :) Oh well it was fun to see them dance.

Music Video...kind of

2009-12-08T17:34:00.000-08:00

I am going to try out a music video, besides the camera work, is it terrible? Oh yeah, you need to turn off the music in the playlist at the bottom first.

New Family Pictures

2009-12-01T15:33:00.000-08:00

Cristy made us do family pictures.

Rock On!

2009-11-28T09:09:00.000-08:00

Cristy And Monica were rockers for Halloween.

PUPPIES

2009-04-27T20:32:00.000-07:00

Tessa had 4 puppies today. I used to make fun of people who had house dogs and treated them like part of the family. But now, I'm one of them...what goes around comes around, right.? Everyone sort of freaked me out about the whole dog birth thing and how I might have to help her out with some of the puppies, etc. I was at work when she had them and Jon was home but, she did it all herself. "Good girl, Tessa!"

FHE with Preston Fam

2009-04-20T20:42:00.000-07:00

We went roller skating with the whole Preston family for our FHE on Monday. It was so fun! The kids didn't want to leave (of course) even though we all were getting sore ankles and blisters. I haven't been on my roller blades for about 10 years so it was like learning all over again. I STILL don't know how to use the brakes. I tried to turn around once to help Kennedy and instead I biffed it really bad, right in front of a family. The family's little 2 year old girl walked over to me and asked "You a-right?" EMBARRASING! No broken bones, and we all had fun so I'd call it a success!

Yellowstone Highlights

2009-01-13T19:44:00.000-08:00

We took the family to Yellowstone this summer. It was so beautiful.

My favorite part was Yellowstone Lake!